Did you guys miss me?
I heard from a friend that my name still comes up often here and its mostly by people saying I'm a poacher. So I thought I would come on and give everyone a brief explination of the facts.
Truth is that I made a mistake in applying for big game. I was told the wrong information ( IN writing) from DOW but in the end it is my own fault for not knowing the laws inside and out. I DID NOT POACH an animal. ALL the big animals I have taken are still on my wall legally. Im an ethical hunter and did nothing intentionally. In fact I was told by DOW that the 3 big tags I drew were mine to keep at that time but since it was unsure if they were drawn leagally I returned them. I lost my hunting and fishing rights in the US for 3 years. I am able to hunt again on June 23 2017. I paid my fines and except the fact that I messed up.
For those of you that have made numerous posts about me being a poacher or implying that everytime someone else poaches a trophy that " Honest ABe" must be involved is just evidence of your ignorance.
To summarize.... I applied as a non resident in the state of Utah when I was living in Utah and Nevada. I spoke to a representative for DOW who advised me that it was legal for me to apply as a resident of Nevada and a non res of Utah since my business was in NV and I was still bouncing back and forth. That person was dead wrong and lost their job for giving wrong info. Truth is that I was a resident of Utah because of the amount of days spent here compared to Nevada. I plead guilty and excepted my punishment. I never pointed a finger or tried to get out of it because in the end it is MY responsibility to know and understand the laws and regulations.
If any of you would like to ask me questions then I would be happy to answer them and clear up the false rumors spread across this site with out me even being able to defend myself! But to be honest I wouldn't expect anything different from some of the guys here.
Abe
I heard from a friend that my name still comes up often here and its mostly by people saying I'm a poacher. So I thought I would come on and give everyone a brief explination of the facts.
Truth is that I made a mistake in applying for big game. I was told the wrong information ( IN writing) from DOW but in the end it is my own fault for not knowing the laws inside and out. I DID NOT POACH an animal. ALL the big animals I have taken are still on my wall legally. Im an ethical hunter and did nothing intentionally. In fact I was told by DOW that the 3 big tags I drew were mine to keep at that time but since it was unsure if they were drawn leagally I returned them. I lost my hunting and fishing rights in the US for 3 years. I am able to hunt again on June 23 2017. I paid my fines and except the fact that I messed up.
For those of you that have made numerous posts about me being a poacher or implying that everytime someone else poaches a trophy that " Honest ABe" must be involved is just evidence of your ignorance.
To summarize.... I applied as a non resident in the state of Utah when I was living in Utah and Nevada. I spoke to a representative for DOW who advised me that it was legal for me to apply as a resident of Nevada and a non res of Utah since my business was in NV and I was still bouncing back and forth. That person was dead wrong and lost their job for giving wrong info. Truth is that I was a resident of Utah because of the amount of days spent here compared to Nevada. I plead guilty and excepted my punishment. I never pointed a finger or tried to get out of it because in the end it is MY responsibility to know and understand the laws and regulations.
If any of you would like to ask me questions then I would be happy to answer them and clear up the false rumors spread across this site with out me even being able to defend myself! But to be honest I wouldn't expect anything different from some of the guys here.
Abe
